excitedheart 's review for:

Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir by Sara Glass

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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The journey inward is always the most complex. Heartbreaking, layered, unique, all told beautifully and honestly. This is a difficult but very rewarding read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Biphobia, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Vomit, Car accident, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism